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ANGUS MCKENZIE, or cnn'ron, OHIO, nssrsnon 'ro onrrnn annoy srnnn oonrona- TION', OF NEW YORK,

SHEET-METAL BUILDING.

Application filed may 15, 1918, Serial No. 234,790. Renewed Dec T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANeus MCKENZIE, subject of'the King of Great Britain, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Sheet-Metal Building, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improved buildings and has more especially reference to a building of this character which is easily and readily assembled.

The object of the present invention is to provide a double walled metallic building, the construction and arrangement being such that the frame,. wall plates, roofing plates and other parts employed in the construction of the house are readily assembled into a complete rigid structure.

A further object is the provision of a building of this character wherein the side walls may be connected to theframe by use 1 of special keys or wed es which may be invserted into place.

special implements or tools.

With these objects in view consists in the novel construction and the invention rangement of parts, hereinafter described,

illustrated in the and particularly pended claims, it various changes in the form, size and minor details of. construction may be made within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of'the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of frame of the building. v

. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the frame work showing the roof sheets, ridge and caves in place.

, Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view showing the ridge and portion of the roof sheets. Fig.4 is anelevation showing the assembly' of the ridge and roof sheets.

Fig. 5 is a section through a joint of the roof sheets. l

Figrfi is a-similar view showing the means of assembling the roof sheets. Fig. 7 is a section showing the cave.

accompanying drawings, pointed out in the apbeing understood that I the and locked without any proportions,

taching the side wall NFY A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

mber 13, 1922.

Fig. 8 isan elevation of the truss cona struction.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 10 is a section on an enlarged through one of the truss members.

Fig. 11 is an elevation of one of the gables. Fig. 12 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 13 is a section showing the means of attaching the gable to the stud. I

'Figule is a sectional plan view of a portion of a building constructed in accordance with my invention. l

Fig. 15 is a perspective v of a corner stud.

scale ew \of a portion Fig. 16 is a perspective view of a portion 7 of a side wall clip.

Fig. 17 is a similar view of a portion of a partition clip. i

' Fig. 18 is a perspective view of a portion of a window clip. 1

Fig. 19 is a perspective view of a portion of a corner inside wall clip.

Fig. 20 is a perspective view of a portion of a door clip. 1

Fig. 21 is a perspective view partly in section, showing the means of attaching the outer side wall sheets to a stud.

Fig. 22 is a similar viewshowing the side wall sheets in position to be assembled.

Fig. 23 is a detail perspective view of the attaching key.

Fig. 2'4 is a wedge.

Fig.

detail perspective view of the 25-shows a modified method of atsheets to a stu *Fig. .26 is a'sectional detail view through a portion of the ceiling. Fig. 27 is a sectional means of attaching the upper view showing the partition channel to a truss.

Fig. 28 is a sectional view of the lower partition channel. 7

Fig. 29 is a horizontal sectional view of the partition door strike.

Fig. 30 is a vertical sectional view through'a swinging window.

Fig. 31 is a perspectiveview of a portion ofthe' overhead frame for-the swinging window.

Fig. 32 is a similar ,view of the sill.

Fig. .33 is an elevation of the swinging Q window.

Fig. 3 Fig. 35. I

ig. 37 is a section on the'line 37-37, Fig. 35.

Fig. 38 is a section on the line 38-38, F i 35.

ig. 39 is a section on the line 39-39 nected to the angle ironsby .30 whi shown in Fig. 15.

5 and to th plate-15 agable 21 ofthe Fig. 35.

Fig. 40'is an elevation of the imilar .numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings:

eferring more especially to the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the rectangular base which may be of any suitable dimensions required for the building to erected an is composed of angle irons suitably connected together in any well manner and placed in position as own in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

means of rivets or bolts.2 and suitably spaced are the side studs 3 and corner studs 4,, the side studs bein of cross sectional U-shaped and preferabfy constructed as best shown in Fig. 22' le the corner studs are of the form best he eaves 5 are mounted. upon the upper extremities of along the longitudinal sides of the building are preferably of the 'form sh 7 comprising the outwardly and downwardly dis osed portion 6 conforming to the an le 0 the roof and provided with the channe 7 along its lower edge and with the downwardly'disposed portion 8 arranged to lie at ainst the inner edges of the studding and having an inturned horizontally disposed flange 9, to which the trusses are connected as will be later described. afiedflbetween the eaves and supported single door.

dingand tie-bars, these rafters bein connected to the tiebars by means oif plates 13 which; are riveted or otherwise connected as indicated at 14, to the tie-bars and'rafters.

e center brace 11-by means of a suitable rivets 16 being provided. longitudinal center tie-bar 17 connects the tie-bars 10 as shown in Fig. 1.

For buildings of larger dimensions the trussmay J reinforced by struts 18 connected. to a plate 19 carried by the tie-bar and to plates 20 carried by the rafters. A form own in Fig. 11 is leplriilnectedto the studd'ing at each end of the ding 0 sheets assuming the by means of bolts 22 or their ls morass gables are formed of eet metal and preferably shaped in cross section as best shown in wardly and downwardly portion .23 being provided along the lower edge thereof and a horizon-tally disposed portion 24 being formed at the extremity of U-shaped portion and arranged to rest upon the top of the studding. The downwardly disposed attaching 'flange 25 is provided along the inner edge of the portion 24 and arranged to abut the inner faces of the These Fig. 13, an outinclined U-shaped studding and to be attached thereto by means of the bolts22. posed flange 26 is provided tremity of the attach' n inwardly disat' the lower exlng flange 25 and provided with a downwardly turned strengthening flange 27, said flfange 26 being for the purpose of receiving the adjacent truss.

Cornice plates or sheets 28 are attached near the upper xtremities thereof by means of bolts or rivets are the sub-ridges 29, between which and the eaves 5 the roofing sheets 30' are supported, each sub-ridge comprising a flat strip having a downwardly turned strengthening flange 31 along its lower edge and an up-turned flange 32 alongange 34 into t e channel 35 as-sh own in Fig. 6 orby sliding the flange longitudinally into the channel from one end of th osition 5 when connected. or the purpose of hol ing the roofing sheets 'in osition the ridg 37 is provided, which ridge comprises t e semi-tubular portion 38 and the ly and outwardly dispose?! e channel, the

' flange portions along its edge. may be placed shown in e m downward- 39, said flange portions having pockets 40 formed therein for the the corrugations or ribs. sheets. 'The ridge 37 ridge and through plates 42 carried by thetrusses, a nut 43 be1ng provided upon each of, said bolts. g a

he side sheets 44are of sheet formed urpose of receivin i P g m spaced slots 48 formed 2 vertical strips tween adjacent edges of ing adjacent edges 0 I 59 being provided with a strip '55 if the partition is nally of thebuilding,

[ same manner.

is arrange 65 dimensions to snugl themes;

1 iii-turned right angular flange 16 is formed at each side edge of the side sheets and said flanges are provided at intervals with elongated slots d7 arranged to register with the in the studding.

tapered U-shaped attaching key 49, provided with out-turned flanges 50, is inserte through the slots 47 and 48 and a wedge 51 inserted therein as shown in Fig. 21.

the studs by means of bolts 52 passed therethrough as shown in Fig. 25. The side sheets are attached to the corner studs 1n the same manner in which, they are attached I 15 to the side studs.

Inside walls are provided upon the 1'nterior of the building and com rise sheets 53 of building board or steel w forced by frames composed of horizontaland 54 and 55 respectively, preh erably formed ofwood. These inside walls are connected to the studding by means of the attaching clips 56 which are IF-shaped in cross section and arranged to extend betwo sections of inside wall and into the U-shapedchannel of the studding, the web 57 being grovided with cut-out portions 58 arrange to accommodate the keys t9 and wedges 51.

39 These webs are held tightly in place by wedge and key, the head 59 of means of the the clip clamping the inside wall sections tightly against the studding.

Corner clips 60 are rovided for connectthe inside'wall sectionsat a corner of the building or for connecting the partition sections to the side wall sections as shown in Fig. 14:. In order to divide the interior of the biiilding' into rooms partition walls are provided which may desired point within building and comprises the spaced the sheets of building board or steel 61 mount be located at any ed upon a frame of horizontal and vertical 45 strips of wood 62 and A 63 respectively, these partitions being connected to the inside wall sections by means of the corner the channel-64 66 which is rivconnected along its upper face, the edges oi which are arrange to be turned back over the flange of one of the tie-bars 10 of a truss. as shown in Fig.2; or

' to be located; longitudithis strip may be at the longitudinal tie-bar in the The channel 65"which reof the partition wall nels 64 and respectively,

eted or otherwise tached .to

* ceives the lower edge d to be located upon the wel known manner. Adjacent sections of partitions are connected togetherby means of aih H-shaped clip 68 which is of suitable fit over the edges of ich are rein-' means of the strike c l1ps60 and mounted in suitable upper and lower chanand 96 respect vely and floor and" be attached-thereto in any suitable and Y the partition walls. Where it is desired to provide a door upon a partition wall a suitable door strike such as best shown in Fig. 29 is provided, this door strike comprising the channel shaped portion 69 arranged to be placed over one vertical edge of a partition section and connected thereto by means of screws or their equivalents 70 and prof vided with a vertical rib 71 against which 1 desired the side sheets may be connected to the door is arranged to strike. It will be understood that door strikes of this character are provided upon the partition walls at each side of a door way.

Where it is desired to provide windows clips 72 are connected to jacent studdin over-head 7 4 w ich carries the window, said overhead being provided-at its u per edge with a channel 75, said channel ing arranged to the lower edge of said overhead is provided with a semi-tubular portion 76, which receives the hooked edge 77 formed upon the upper edge of the window frame, said window frame being composed of wooden strips 78 covered with metal sheets 79, said metal sheets having a rib 80 formed therein, which acts as a stop for the glass'panel 81 which is held in place within the window by means of angular clips 82 or their equivalents. The window is arranged" to swing upon the semi-tubular portion 76 of the overhead and its inward movement is limited by the sill 84: which is ormed of sheet metal and is connected If desired any suitable form of a sliding window may be provided instead of the swinging window above described.

For the purpose of attaching doors upon the outer wall of the building the channel shaped strips 85, are provided, said strips being arranged to be attached to the vertis and cal frame members 55 of the inner wall provided with the narrow channel 86 adapted to receive the iii-turned extremity 87 of the side wall section 88 which is made especially for door size and is provided with a door strike 89-. The doors are hingedly connected to the side wall of suitable hinges 90. Either double doors 91 or single doors 91' may be attached in the same manner. The top, middle and bottom rails 92, 93 and 94 respectively, as well as the hanging and swinging stiles95 the munnions 97 wood and are covered with beads 99, formed are formed of metal sheets 98 having around their inner edges.

between adjacent studs.

sections 88 by means be located over the rod 73 while too late 83 formed upon Metal panels 100 artiprovided within the rails.

desired, the ceiling may be'fini hed in I the same manner as the inside walls, sections of ceihng being formed of builder board or sheets of steel 101 which are mounted upon completely either with the building board U-shapecl keys located through and provided with easily and quickly tendingbetween the cut-out portions to or steel sheets as desired,

By the construction above described a metallic building is provided which maybe erected or torn down and 1t may be built of any desired size and the which give the interior terior of the building a finished a' pearance and make. the building tenanta le under varying weather conditions. It will also be seen that the size of the building may be easily or quickly altered by addin or taking away u'nits after the building as been erected and in use. 7

I claim 1. In a knock down building of the character described, the combination with a lu-. rality of spaced studs, of a plurality of similar sheets forming the walls of the building, each sheet being of a width to extend-from one stud to the next adjacent stud, flanges formed along the edges of said sheets and arranged to engage said studs, said flanges and studs provided at intervals with apertures arranged to register with each other,

said apertures and provided with stops at their free extremities keys to hold said sheets in fixed engagement with said studs.

being thus finished interior partitioned in any desired manner," he entire building having double walls as well as the exand wedges passed through said and studs provided 2. In a knock down building of the char-- acter described, the combination with a plurality of spaced U-shaped studs, of a plurality of similar sheets forming the walls of the outside of the building, each sheet being of a width'to extend from one stud to the next adjacent stud, the sheets arranged to engage the studs, sheets forming inside walls of the building and of a width to extend from one stud to the next adjacent stud, T-shaped clips e'xedges of adjacent inside sheets andinto the'channels of the studs, U- shaped keys located through said apertures stops at their free extremities and wedges passed through said keys to hold said sheets in fixed eng ment said clips within said studs, recelve sai keys.

flanges upon the edges'of I with said studs, and to clamp sai clips grovided with cent inside sheets and into the channel member connected to the base neath said truss and it; partition wall carried above,

i 3. In a knock 'down building of the character described, the combination with a pluralit of spaced studs of a plurality of similar s eets forming the walls of the building, each sheet being of a width to extend from one stud to the next adjacent stud, flanges formed along the edges of said sheets and arranged to engage said studs, said flanges at intervals with ape=rtures arranged to register with each other, U-sha'ped keys located through said; apertures and provided with stops at their freeextremities and means for retaining said U- shaped keys in place;

4.1In a knock-down building of the character described, the combination with a lurality of s'pacedstuds, of a plurality of similar sheets'forming the outside walls of the building, each sheet being of a width to extend from one stud to the next adjacent stud, sheets forming inside walls of said building and of a width to extend fromone stud to the next adjacent stud, T-shaped clips lo-.

cated between the edges of adjacent inside sheets and U-shaped keys for attaching said outer sheets and said clips th the studs.

5. In a knock-down building of the char acter described, the combination with-a plu rality of spaced U-shaped'studs, of a plurality of similar sheets forming the outside walls of the building, each sheet being of a width to extend from, one stud to the next adjacent stud, sheets forming inside walls of the building and .of a }width to extend from one stud to the next adjacent stud, headed clips extending between the edges of adjachannels of the studs and U-shaped keys for attaching said outer sheets and said c ips to the studs.

6. In a knockdown building of the charactor described, the coinbination with an angle iron base, of studs mounted upon said base, a plurality of similar sheets forming the outer walls being-of a width to extend from one stud to the next adjacent stud, a plurality of similar sheets forming the inner walls of the build ing, reinforcing frames rovided upon said inner sheets, trusses carried at the up r extremities of said studs, an invertedc nel member connected to one of said trusses}; a

between said channe y In testimony that I clalm -the have hereunto subscribed my name, I

ANGUS MOKENZI i of the building, each sheet 

